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Fear not, for when it comes to certain flavoured tobacco products, the Alberta government has the proper measures in place to keep them out of the hands of children, and therefore, such products do not need to be banned.

A lack of rules governing the manufacturing of electronic cigarettes has sparked fears about the safety of the devices, with reports that some materials are being made in Calgary bathrooms and basements. A rising number of e-cigarette retailers are selling a range of flavours and nicotine concentrations in Calgary, and are operating largely without any government oversight.

It doesn't take two full levels to deliver a stunner. And this lottery home is just the ticket. The home is also packaged with $10,000 cash plus a 2015 Acura RDX in a bundle worth more than $1.4 million.

Health Minister Fred Horne says it’s time for the province to ban people under 18 from using tanning beds — a legislative move intended to protect youth from the growing risk of deadly skin cancer. The provincial government is drafting legislation that Horne expects will come forward during the fall session.

After breaking all sorts of attendance records last year, all eyes are on what host Calgary Motor Dealers Association has planned for an encore. And they are promising not to disappoint, with industry darlings such as the Red Bull/Infiniti Formula 1 race car and Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, North American Car of the Year, expected to be on hand.

Workers at a southeast child-care centre rallied around an employee they believed to be terminally ill — raising funds and even shaving their heads in support — before the woman was charged with fraud. Staff and parents at FunFlex PlayCare raised more than $20,000 after the woman told them she had a fatal heart condition and stage-four breast cancer.

When boys’ soccer coach Sheri Palmen was told that smokers — and she’s one — would likely be banned soon from lighting up on the sidelines, she was puzzled. You mean there’s not already a city rule against that?

CALGARY — The risk of getting cancer is decreasing “slowly, steadily and significantly” in Alberta, but with a growing and aging population, the number of new patients is climbing, putting mounting pressure on treatment space in the province, new figures show. Dr. Paul Grundy, Alberta Health Services cancer care senior vice-president, credits public health efforts made around preventing cancer and encouraging screening for helping chip away at the province’s rate of the disease, which has dropped by about one per cent a year between 2002 and 2010.

CALGARY — The Canadian Cancer Society is calling on the province to ensure well-heeled patients aren’t being fast-tracked for screening tests that could detect potentially fatal tumours. In the wake of allegations that clients of a private Calgary clinic got priority colonoscopies at a taxpayer-funded clinic, the society’s executive director for Alberta says public confidence in the health system has been badly shaken.

With the province set to unveil a massive cancer care strategy early this year, Health Minister Fred Horne is floating the possibility of turning to “alternative financing” to fund big-ticket health projects such as a new cancer centre for Calgary. The Tory government hasn’t revealed its final decision on how to tackle Calgary’s pressing need for more cancer treatment space, but a new building — a major infrastructure project some observers say could cost as much as $1 billion — is one of the options under discussion.

CALGARY — The “sugar-coating” of tobacco products to make them more attractive to youth is unacceptable, according to health organizations in the province, who say they’re hopeful the Alberta government will adopt legislation in the spring that bans the sale of all flavoured tobacco products. Members of the Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta argue that flavoured cigarillos, menthol cigarettes, chew tobacco and tobacco in water pipes are favoured by about two-thirds of tobacco users under 18.